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Partner declaration

A statement signed by each project partner confirming their awareness of programme rules and requirements, and that they are familiar with what they are committing to. It includes partner’s confirmation of their financial contribution to the project budget, VAT status and State Aid declaration.

Partnership agreement

In order to secure the quality of the implementation of the project, as well as the satisfactory achievement of its goals, the Lead Partner and the partners have to conclude a Partnership Agreement using the templete provided by the Interreg MED Programme containing all duties and responsibilities of each project partner before, during and after the project implementation. The Partnership Agreement allows the Lead Partner to extend the arrangements of the Subsidy Contract to the level of each partner.

Pilot action

A pilot action means the implementation of schemes of an experimental nature to test, evaluate and/or demonstrate its feasibility with the aim to capitalise on those results and transfer practices to other institutions and territories.

Platform project (Axis 4)

The Platform project is a structured regional and multi-sectorial discussion forum. In the framework of Axis 4, it aims at enhancing Mediterranean governance. Its role is to bring valuable input from the results of MED projects to a more global "mainstreaming" level. It is a "top-down" project approved by the Monitoring Committee and managed by the participating States.

Policy paper

It does not aim at gathering and analysing data about a policy problem (i.e. research), but at developing a set of recommendations for action. The policy paper should provide comprehensive and persuasive arguments justifying the policy recommendations presented and serve as a call to action for the target audience. Achieving this usually involves :

Defining an urgent policy issue which needs to be addressed

Outlining the possible ways (policy alternatives) in which this issue can be addressed

Evaluating the probable outcomes of these options

Recommending a preferred alternative (policy recommendation) and providing a strong argument to establish why your choice is the best possible option

preparation costs

Costs borne by project partners when carrying out activities directly linked to preparation of the project (eg : development of the project idea, meetings with project partners, programme authorities, preparation of the application, etc.). In the framework of the Interreg MED Programme those expenditures are only eligible for ERDF partners and are covered by a lump-sum.

Private contribution

The programme funds meet only a proportion of the project expenditure. The remainder has to be covered from other sources, which can be the partner's own resources or it can come from external sources, but not from another EU fund. Private contribution refers to the amount secured by the partners from sources having a private legal status.

Programme co-financing

Programme language

The language to be used in all communication between the applicants/beneficiaries and the programme bodies. In the framework of the Interreg MED Programme the two official two languages are English and French.

Programme Manual

The Programme Manual is intended to assist applicants in drafting applications, as well as in implementing and finalising the approved operations.

Programme Steering Committee

The Steering Committee, whose rules of procedures are approved by the Monitoring Committee, is responsible, with the assistance of the Joint Secretariat, for the selection, in each single step of the assessment procedure, and the approval or rejection of changes of all types of projects (uni-module, multi-module, horizontal etc.) under axis 1, 2, 3.

Tags : Monitoring Committee

Progress report

A written document describing the findings of an assessment that takes place during the project by project partners, that conveys details such as what objectives have been achieved, what resources have been expended, what problems have been encountered, and whether the project is expected to be completed on time and within budget.

Project assessment

project development assistance (PDA)

The European Commission has set up a series of facilities to support ambitious public authorities – regions, cities, municipalities or groupings of those – and public bodies in developing bankable sustainable energy projects.The PDA facilities aim to bridge the gap between sustainable energy plans and real investment through supporting all activities necessary to prepare and mobilise investment into sustainable energy projects.These activities can include feasibility studies, stakeholder and community mobilisation, financial engineering, business plans, technical specifications and procurement procedures The Project Development Assistance (PDA) concept started in the programming period 2007-2013 under IEE programme.

Project implementation phase

Project modification

Change of the agreed-upon project scope as defined by the approved application form.

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Project output

An output can be defined as what comes out of an activity, what is produced. Project outputs are the outcomes obtained following the implementation of project activities. Each output should be captured by a programme output indicator and should directly contribute to the achievement of the project result.

project specific objective

Project specific objectives further define the project overall objective that should clearly express the change the project intends to bring about compared to the initial situation and that should outline the strategic focus of the project.The project specific objectives should describe what the project aims to achieve. They should be concrete and verifiable during implementation and should address the territorial challenges identified by the project.

Project verification

Prospective study

Protected Area

A protected area is a clearly defined geographical space, recognised, dedicated and managed, through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values.

Public Building

Building owned or managed by a public authority (eg : offices, leisure centres, museums, public housing, hospitals, etc.)

Public contribution

The programme funds meet only a proportion of the project expenditure. The remainder has to be covered from other sources, which can be the partner’s own resources or it can come from external sources, but not from another EU fund. Public contribution refers to the amount secured by the partners from sources having a public legal status.

Public equivalent body

established for the specific purpose of meeting needs in the general interest, not having an industrial or commercial character

having legal personality

either financed, for the most part, by the State, regional or local authorities, or other bodies governed by public law, or subject to management supervision by those bodies, or having an administrative, managerial or supervisory board, more than half of whose members are appointed by the State, regional or local authorities or by other bodies governed by public law.